» How the US exports its mental illnesses
A thought provoking illustration of narrative medicine: “In this essay, I concentrate on two western forms of mental illness - depression and PTSD - which are spreading around the world with the speed of a contagious disease, bulldozing indigenous forms of mental illness as they go.” - a modern-day evolution of something Ivan Illich highlighted years ago. People, and even more importantly, policy makers, need to learn some cultural sensitivity on those cultures robust enough to take it before they go jamming their noses in on other people’s business when they’re at their most vulnerable. As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions (or perhaps just a nice bit of misery tourism).
